Operations Finance Sr. Manager

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Operations Finance professional to support our business operations with financial insights and decision-making. This role bridges finance and operations, ensuring financial efficiency, cost control, controlling and performance optimization of production plant(s).  This role will also be responsible for analyzing cost and operation performance, preparing financial reports, and helping optimize the production cost structure and supporting operations projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial planning, operational analysis, strategic forecasting and plant control.

 

 

Essential Duties:

 

• Production Budget and Forecast: Develop and manage production budget, forecasts, and gap-fill to drive operational efficiency.
• Cost & Profitability Analysis: Assess costs, margins, and profitability across business units and recommend cost-saving initiatives.
• Production Cost: Analyze production cost, labor, and material expenses to track trends and maximize KPIs.
• Operational Performance Monitoring: Track key performance indicators (KPIs), identify trends, and provide actionable insights to optimize processes.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with operations, supply chain, and business leaders to align financial strategies with operational goals.
• Variance Analysis: Conduct financial reviews, comparing actual performance against budget/forecast and identifying improvement opportunities.
• Process Improvement: Lead operational efficiency initiatives by leveraging financial data and insights to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization within production processes.
• Strategic Decision Support: Provide data-driven recommendations to senior leadership to enhance business performance.
• Monthly Closing:  Manage the monthly closing process for production plant locations and adherence to internal controls

 

Education/Experience/Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related field
• CPA or CMA designation or progress towards CPA or CMA certification is a plus
• 10+ years experience in cost accounting, finance, FP&A, manufacturing finance, or plant finance
• Fluent in English and Spanish a plus
• Previous experience and expertise with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel required
• Advanced skills in Excel required, Microsoft Analysis preferred, and Power BI a plus
• Strong analytical capabilities and strong written and verbal communication skills required
• SAP experience preferred or equivalent ERP system experience desired with knowledge of basic accounting system functionality required
• Self-starter who is drawn towards taking initiative, has the ability to multi-task, has strong interpersonal skills with an ability to respond to inquiries and effectively present information to accounting and business managers
• Ability to identify and define problems, collect supporting data, establish facts, propose solutions and meet deadlines

 

Compensation and Benefits

The health, satisfaction and security of our team members and their families are important to us and an important part of reaching our organization’s goals. We offer a total rewards package that includes valuable competitive compensation and benefit plans. These programs reflect our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent. The compensation for this role includes a base salary and eligibility for an annual bonus based on company performance. All incentive plans are subject to change.

 

The pay range for this role is $165,000 – $195,000 annually.

*The compensation will be commensurate with the level of knowledge, education, skills, and experience applicable to the position.

 

We understand that each team member’s situation is unique, and so it is our intent to offer an overall benefits package that can be shaped and molded by each team member to fit their family’s needs. Our current benefits package, which is available to all full-time team members and their eligible dependents, includes:

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• HSA & FSA
• life insurance and disability insurance
• and other voluntary benefits

 

We also offer time-off benefits including:

• paid time-off
• sick-flex time
• 12 company paid holidays

Bumble Bee Seafoods is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you have the right to request an accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career center as a result of your disability. To request an accommodation, contact a Bumble Bee Foods, LLC Human Resources Representative.